Searching for a Balance

"There is a scene in the Gospel that anticipates the silence of Holy Saturday in a stimulating way and thus also appears as a portrait ...

Psalm 22 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? You are far from my plea and the cry of my distress. O my God, I call by day and...

At the supermarket today I ran into a man from church. He said, "I am doing the very best I can. Are you doing the very best you can?...

I told myself at the beginning of Lent that I should work on the mending pile, and I have been! But it increases when I'm not loo...

"... the happiness of the soul consists in the exercise of the affections; ... As hunger and thirst, as taste, sound, and smell, are th...

"Worship is not merely a therapeutic practice. In fact, worship has a therapeutic effect only on the soul of a person who takes serious...

After a good three months at home, the library kitty suddenly appeared this week. He was extremely glad to see us and made himself a...

"Only Jesus is holy, the only one pleasing to his Father. Only by allowing him to communicate his holiness to us can we be pleasing to ...

On sunny days after a fresh snowfall, there comes a time in the afternoon when the sun shines so beautifully on everything. Previously I...

or maybe Madame Pompadour.  ;-)

Last Wednesday we had a big snowfall, ten inches. Even though I am wanting spring to come, a snowfall is far prettier than mud. And it...

You would think that the two biggest creatures in the house could handle the smallest person in the house, wouldn't you? It was t...

I finished my ankle warmers the other day by just joining the edges to make a tube. I thought they'd be too narrow, so I planned to knit...

During Lent, I'm always so glad if I can arrange the meals so I don't have to be overly occupied with food. This year it's cas...

I like my flannel nightgowns in winter. I have two, but one is wearing thin. The really quality ones, like L.L. Bean's, go for sixty...

"It is all right there in front of our eyes. We do not need to see new things. We need to see the same old things with new eyes. We do ...

We say about March, that if it comes in like a lion it will go out like a lamb, or it's the other way around. We had a nor'easter ...

Many are the needs of those around us; few are our resources;  great is the generosity of God, and so we pray: For those who go to be...

What the rich man was looking for in fine garments and sumptuous dining he was meant to find in the beggar on his doorstep. For every perso...

"You must know that there is nothing higher, or stronger, or sounder, or more useful afterwards in life, than some good memory, especia...

It was sunny today -

I had two small skeins of this very vibrant yarn. When I was preparing for work last Wednesday - the day it reached 77 degrees - I...

"A tendency on massive display in our culture is the reduction of religion to ethics. Very much in the spirit of Immanuel Kant, many pe...

Who would think they could wear their sandals and bare feet in February?  But I did today. Who would open a window and let February a...

It snowed all night and everything is beautiful again.

or any time: Prompt our actions with your inspiration, we pray, O Lord, and further them with your constant help, that all we do ma...

Jo continues to leave little rocks at the library; I almost missed this one the other day, laying as it was on our green and black stone cou...

We sang this hymn at the end of Mass today: Sent forth by God's blessing, our true faith confessing, the people of God from His dwe...

My brother's jeans had a big tear at the knee where the machine won't reach. So I tried sashiko again; my rows are even this time...

So far, the winter hasn't been exactly run-of-the-mill. Much colder at times than usual, and the snowfalls - we've had several small...

We keep finding the painted rocks around the library and now the originator's name. But who is Jo? We can't figure ...